Culicoides

Translingual

Alternative forms

• Culicoïdes

Etymology

From Latin culex (“gnat, midge”) +‎ -oides (“-oid, -like”, taxonomic suffix).

Proper noun

Culicoides m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ceratopogonidae – bloodsucking midges of which some are intermediate hosts of filarial parasites.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Chironomoidea - superfamily; Ceratopogonidae - family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Culicoides arakawae - species

References

• Culicoides on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Culicoides on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Culicoides at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.